The Congress: Vote of Confidence

While the House Un-American Activities Committee basked in the glow of
the Supreme Court's decision, an even warmer endorsement came from the
House itself.

California Democrat James Roosevelt, who for years has grandstanded in
his fight to abolish the committee, made his annual effort to slice its
appropriations request-this year $331,000. the third highest of any
House committee. Jimmy Roosevelt got scant help from fellow liberals,
who complain in private about committee methods but seldom vote their
feelings; by an overwhelming 412-to-6 majority, the House approved the
largest sum the committee has ever received.